Multiemployer Pension Plans: Potential Paths Forward
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1 Multiemployer Pension Plans: Potential Paths Forward Capitol Hill Briefing June 27, 2017
2 About the Academy The American Academy of Actuaries is a 19,000-member professional association whose mission is to serve the public and the U.S. actuarial profession. For more than 50 years, the Academy has assisted public policymakers on all levels by providing leadership, objective expertise, and actuarial advice on risk and financial security issues. The Academy also sets qualification, practice, and professionalism standards for actuaries in the United States. 2
3 Today s Presenters 3 Ted Goldman, MAAA, FSA, FCA Senior Pension Fellow American Academy of Actuaries Christian Benjaminson, MAAA, FSA, EA, FCA Member, Multiemployer Plans Subcommittee American Academy of Actuaries Josh Shapiro, MAAA, FSA, EA, FCA Chairperson, Multiemployer Plans Subcommittee American Academy of Actuaries Bill Hallmark, MAAA, ASA, EA, FCA Vice President, Pension Practice Council American Academy of Actuaries
4 Agenda The Basics Multiemployer Challenges Potential Paths Forward Legacy benefits Future benefits Q & A 4
5 Multiemployer Pension Plans: Potential Paths Forward Today s briefing is based on the Multiemployer Subcommittee s issue brief, Overview of Multiemployer Pension System Issues. 5
6 Introduction Over one million people may lose expected retirement income There are only two overarching approaches, or some combination of: More money Lower benefits All alternatives have pros and cons The longer we wait the harder the options are to implement (and the fewer there are) Ideally, address short-term needs AND shore up retirement security for the future 6
7 THE BASICS
8 Brief Overview Employer Sponsored Retirement Systems Defined Benefit Defined Contribution Private Sector Multiemployer Government Sponsored Church Sponsored 8
9 Multiemployer Plan Basics Contributions are collectively bargained Benefit levels are set by trustees Plans are typically organized industry by industry Multiemployer system principles Aligned with industry workforce patterns Conducive to collective bargaining process Aligned with employee needs 9
10 Multiemployer PBGC Basics PBGC is a federal agency created by ERISA PBGC has separate single and multiemployer programs Pays a guaranteed level of benefit when a plan becomes insolvent For a participant with 30 years of service, the maximum guarantee is $12,870 per year Financing comes primarily from per participant insurance premiums Premiums have increased significantly, particularly in recent years Premiums still represent a relatively small portion of a participant s wage package 10
11 Recent Key Legislative Changes Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA) Created critical and endangered zone status Incorporated projections into funding standards Required funding improvements and rehabilitation plans Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014 (MPRA) Created critical and declining zone status Created process for benefit reductions Doubled PBGC premiums 11
12 MULTIEMPLOYER CHALLENGES
13 The Current Landscape Roughly 1,400 multiemployer plans Over 10 million active, inactive, and retired workers Approximately 100 plans are critical and declining Projected to exhaust their assets within the next 20 years These plans contain roughly 1 million participants Additional plans are already insolvent Others projected to fail beyond 20 years 13
14 The Current Landscape Remaining plans projected to have sufficient assets to pay benefits Not immune from risk Risk magnified because: Plans struggle to retain contributing employers Very few companies willing to join the system Industries continue to change 14
15 The Current Landscape PBGC assistance may be constrained Multiemployer program underfunded by nearly $60 billion Projected to exhaust its assets in 8 years 15
16 The Current Landscape PBGC multiemployer guarantee is already low Participants in failing plans face benefit losses even if PBGC is able to pay its guarantee Dramatically larger benefit losses if PBGC fails Hypothetical illustration for a participant with 30 years of service: Underlying benefit payable from plan: $26,000 Amount covered by PBGC guarantee: $12,870 Amount payable after PBGC insolvency: $2,000 Benefit losses could impact other social welfare programs 16
17 How The Current Situation Developed Benefits supported by diversified asset portfolios Past surpluses not retained to offset future losses Plans became more mature Declines in covered workforce Employers have exited the system Often without paying full withdrawal liability Dramatic asset losses in the Great Recession 17
18 Plan Maturity Case Study 18 Source: Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Plans. - Page 18.2
19 Key Challenges How can the legacy pensions be addressed PBGC guarantee How can these issues be prevented in the future 19
20 POTENTIAL PATHS FORWARD: LEGACY BENEFITS
21 Options for the PBGC Options to preserve the PBGC guarantee: Increase revenue Early intervention Reduce payouts Affected stakeholders: Participants & beneficiaries Unions & employers Taxpayers 21
22 Options for the PBGC: Increase PBGC Revenue Options Increase PBGC premiums Create specific industry tax or premium Impose modest payment from all existing retirees receiving multiemployer plan pensions Other government support 22
23 Options for the PBGC: Issues With Increasing Revenue 23 Participants & Beneficiaries Additional costs may be directly or indirectly passed on to the employees Participants in low wage industries Unions & Employers May drive healthy employers and employee organizations out of system Industry may not be healthy enough to pay the amount needed Equity concerns for employers who never participated Taxpayers Taxpayers with no relationship to struggling pension plans Equity concerns for taxpayers who have no pensions of their own
24 Options for the PBGC: Early Intervention PBGC could take over multiemployer plans prior to insolvency Resources could be conserved by: Identifying plans before they fail Reducing benefits before plans fail Issue: Participants would experience benefit reductions earlier 24
25 Options for the PBGC: Reduce Payouts Congress could reduce guaranteed benefit level to the amount of resources available Issues: Many retirees live on fixed incomes Reduced pension payouts may not be sufficient Benefits guaranteed by PBGC already very low 25
26 Legacy Benefits Reductions in claims can help keep the PBGC solvent Will likely require some combination of: Increased plan revenue Reduced benefit payments 26
27 MPRA MPRA was intended to address legacy liabilities Benefits could be suspended to as low as 110% of the PBGC guarantee if plan is projected to remain solvent after the suspensions Only one plan has been approved Several applications denied or withdrawn Plan could be partitioned with PBGC immediately paying guaranteed benefits for a portion of the plan No partitions have been approved so far If MPRA is going to be a meaningful part of the path forward, many more plans will need to have suspensions approved 27
28 Potential Components of Solution Isolate liabilities attributable to employers that left the plan ( orphan liabilities ) Loans to troubled plans or employers Strengthen withdrawal liability and bankruptcy laws Increase minimum funding requirements Promote growth in economy, particularly for affected industries 28
29 Loans to Troubled Plans or Employers 29 Borrow money at a low interest rate and invest the proceeds in the plan Provides a longer timeframe for employers to pay the costs Provides leverage on plan investment returns relative to the borrowing rate Transfer some risk from employers, participants, and the PBGC to the entity that issues or guarantees the loan Participants can retain a portion of the risk by converting their fixed benefits to benefits that vary with investment returns Converting legacy fixed benefits to variable benefits is a strategy that could also be combined with some other options
30 Withdrawal Liability and Bankruptcy 30 Employers that withdraw or declare bankruptcy without paying their full withdrawal liability on mass withdrawal assumptions have transferred a liability and/or a risk to the remaining employers An option could be to increase the priority of plan claims for withdrawal liability on employers and raise the cap on withdrawal liability payments Increasing the plan s claims on employers reduces the ability of other creditors to collect on their claims
31 POTENTIAL PATHS FORWARD: FUTURE BENEFITS
32 Securing Future Benefits Need to do more than address currently troubled plans Desired long-term solution Cost predictability/stability for employers Retirement security for employees Need to manage risks to reflect changes in workforce demographics and the economic environment 32
33 New Structures to Secure Future Benefits DC follows corporate trends Risk-sharing combines DB and DC features Approach Defined Benefit Predictable Cost Objectives Predictable Benefit Trade-offs between two objectives Defined Contribution Predictable cost Predictable benefit Risk-sharing 33
34 New Structures to Secure Future Benefits Restructure withdrawal liability and bankruptcy laws Make joining the system more attractive to new employers Review and enhance funding and investment requirements Consider plan maturity and ability to take risk Improve transparency Communicate risks in advance 34
35 Bringing it all together Urgency Objective Who Pays? 35
36 Multiemployer Pension Plans: Potential Paths Forward Questions? 36
37 Multiemployer Pension Plans: Potential Paths Forward For More Information, contact: Monica Konaté, Pension Analyst 202/
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